Corinthians haven't scored away in Libertadores knockouts since 2012 | OneFootball

Corinthians have not found the net away from home in Libertadores knockout matches since 2012. That year, Timão drew 1-1 with Boca Juniors at La Bombonera in the round of 16, with Romarinho scoring the black-and-white side’s goal.

Since then, Corinthians have played six Libertadores knockout matches away from home and have failed to score in all of them. The record includes two goalless draws and four defeats, as well as one qualification on penalties after another 0-0 draw.

Romarinho’s goal in the match between Boca Juniors/Argentina and Corinthians/Brazil played tonight at La Bombonera Stadium, first leg of the 2012 Copa Libertadores final. São Paulo/Brazil – 06/27/2012. Photo: © Daniel Augusto Jr. / Ag. Corinthians

The first match in this run came precisely against Boca Juniors in 2013. In the first leg of the round of 16, Corinthians lost 1-0 in Argentina. In 2015, Timão again played away from home in the round of 16 and ended up losing 2-0 to Guaraní of Paraguay. The following season, against Nacional of Uruguay, Corinthians were held to a 0-0 draw in the first leg of the round of 16.

In 2018, again in the round of 16, the opponent was Colo-Colo of Chile. The black-and-white team lost 1-0 away from home. Corinthians next played a continental knockout match away from home in 2022. In the round of 16, they drew 0-0 with Boca Juniors at La Bombonera and advanced on penalties, winning the shootout 6-5. Later in that same Libertadores edition, Timão faced Flamengo in the quarterfinals. At the Maracanã, they lost 1-0.

Corinthians’ away record in Libertadores knockout matches since 2012:

Since then:

Thus, considering only away matches in Libertadores knockout rounds since Romarinho’s goal at La Bombonera, Corinthians have now gone six games without scoring.

Poor record

Corinthians will play in the Libertadores round of 16 for the 14th time and will have the task of improving a record that, so far, shows negative numbers. In the previous 13 appearances at this stage of the competition, Timão managed to advance to the quarterfinals on only five occasions.

Over the course of those appearances, Timão have played 26 round-of-16 matches, recording only seven wins, along with eight draws and 11 defeats. Their points percentage stands at 37.2%, while their goal difference is also negative: 33 goals scored and 34 conceded.

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